ACLU of Pennsylvania Issues Statement on Cash Bail Crisis in Allegheny County
November 08, 2019
November 08, 2019
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Nov. 8 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania issued the following statement by Campaigns Director Danitra Sherman:
"When we started the Campaign for Smart Justice a few years back, we knew that a cornerstone of the work to reduce incarceration by half and to challenge racism in the criminal legal system would be a vast reduction of the use of cash bail and pretrial detention.
"Pretrial detention -- the practice of i . . .
"When we started the Campaign for Smart Justice a few years back, we knew that a cornerstone of the work to reduce incarceration by half and to challenge racism in the criminal legal system would be a vast reduction of the use of cash bail and pretrial detention.
"Pretrial detention -- the practice of i . . .